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“A Woman’s Liberation,” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 1995 by Ursula K. Le Guin. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.

“Starship Day,” by Ian R. MacLeod. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Owlswick Literary Agency.

“A Place with Shade,” by Robert Reed. Copyright © 1995 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Luminous,” by Greg Egan. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Promise of God,” by Michael F. Flynn. Copyright © 1995 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Death in the Promised Land,” by Pat Cadigan. Copyright © 1995 by Pat Cadigan. First published electronically on Omni Online, March 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“For White Hill,” by Joe Haldeman. Copyright © 1995 by Joe Haldeman. First published in Far Futures, edited by Gregory Benford (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Some Like It Cold,” by John Kessel. Copyright © 1995 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, Fall 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Death of Captain Future,” by Allen Steele. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Captain Future was a popular pulp-fiction character created by Better Publications editor Mort Weisinger during the 1939 World Science Fiction Convention. The quotations from the original Captain Future stories are reprinted by permission of the literary estate of Edmond Hamilton, the author of most of the Captain Future adventures, and the state executor Eleanor Wood of the Spectrum Literary Agency.

“The Lincoln Train,” by Maureen F. McHugh. Copyright © 1995 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy,” by David Marusek. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, November 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Radio Waves,” by Michael Swanwick. Copyright © 1995 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, Winter 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Wang’s Carpets,” by Greg Egan. Copyright © 1995 by Greg Egan. First appeared in New Legends, edited by Greg Bear (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Casting at Pegasus,” by Mary Rosenblum. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Looking for Kelly Dahl,” by Dan Simmons. Copyright © 1995 by Dan Simmons. First published electronically on Omni Online, September 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Think Like a Dinosaur,” by James Patrick Kelly. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Coming of Age in Karhide,” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 1995 by Ursula K. Le Guin. First published in New Legends, edited by Greg Bear (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.

“Genesis,” by Poul Anderson. Copyright © 1995 by Poul Anderson. First published in Far Futures, edited by Gregory Benford (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Feigenbaum Number,” by Nancy Kress. Copyright © 1995 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, Winter 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Home,” by Geoff Ryman. Copyright © 1995 by Interzone. First published in Interzone 93, March 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“There Are No Dead,” by Terry Bisson. Copyright © 1995 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, January 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Recording Angel,” by Paul J. McAuley. Copyright © 1995 by Paul J. McAuley. First published in New Legends, edited by Greg Bear (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Elvis Bearpaw’s Luck,” by William Sanders. Copyright © 1995 by William Sanders. First published in Wheel of Fortune, edited by Roger Zelazny (AvoNova). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Mortimer Gray’s History of Death,” by Brian Stableford. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.